Protein Energy Malnutrition — Topic Test
6 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 4-year-old child weighs 9.5 kg with bilateral pedal oedema, a moon face, sparse hypopigmented hair and a flaky-paint dermatosis, but appears apathetic rather than wasted. According to the Wellcome classification of protein-energy malnutrition, this child is best categorised as
AMarasmus
BKwashiorkor
CNutritional dwarfism
DMarasmic kwashiorkor